Sanitary bowl



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H. VR. HALL.

SANITARY BOWL.

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HERRERT-RIOIIARD IIALL, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SANITARY BOWL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,983, dated May 31,1898.

i w Application filed May 4,1897. serial Naesaoi. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT RICHARD HALL, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sani# tary Bowls; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates tocertain improvements in seats for sanitary orcloset bowls which are more especially designed for use in hotels,bar-rooms, factories,and other large public or private places whereproper care in their'us'e is not always exercised.

The object of the invention is to provide in a very simple andinexpensive manner a sanitary or closet bowl which will prevent thepossibility of soiling or otherwise disliguring the seat.

To this end the kinvention comprises certain novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of .parts whereby the above and otherimportant advantages are attained and whereby it is made simpler andotherwise better adapted for the purposes for which it is intended, aswill behereinafter fully described, and specifically defined in. theappended claims.

In the accompanying` drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of asanitary or closet bowl constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, lid raised. Fig. 3 is a central verticalsection taken onthe line 3 3 of Fig. `.2, lid or cover down. v

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1 represents the closet, which may be of any desired or usualconstruction, and 2 indicates my improved sanitary bowl arranged inproper relative position therewith. The upper rear portion ofthe bowl isprovided with a hood l3 of partially spherical form, which rises upabove the seat any predetermined distance and is intended to cover therear portionof the bowl about one-third its surface, more or less.- Thehood'may be made integral with the bowl, in which event its rear 'tendedfor use.

surface will extend well back and be somewhat contracted, as shown,whereit gradually swells and arches over the bowl, serving to effectuallycover the rear portion thereof, yet giving an easy and substantialsupport yto the back of the user, as well as preventing any possibilityof soiling it, as will be readily understood.V The front circular faceof the hood may be provided with an ornamental facing in order to give aneat and pleasing appearance thereto.

' A seat 4 is hinged to the framework of the closet and is provided witha semicircular opening which lies adjacent to the opening in the hood,and when so desired this seat may be raised and used in the same manneras the closets now in use that have lifting seats, and a cover 5 ishinged at the side of the closet and may be raised up when in- Thiscover is provided with a segmental projection 6, rwhich rises up fromthe rear portion of the cover 5 andlies adjacent to the front open endof the hood, completely covering it, and thus shutting off any odorswhich might arise.

While I have described my invention as I made in one with the body ofthe bowl, it can be readily understood that it may be made separate andapplied to the ordinary closets now in use, in which event it may benecessary to slightly change 'the form of the hood and to provideconvenient means for fastening it, all of which will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, and I reserve the right to make it in thismanner and to otherwise change the construction without departing fromthe'spirit and intention thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a sanitary closet, the combination of a bowl provided at its upperrear portion with a hood or cover, a seat for said closet having anopening therein adjacent to the opening in the hood, and a cover hingedto swing laterally and adapted to close the mouth of the bowl.

2. Ina sanitary closet, the combination of a bowl having an angularmouth, one side of which is vertical and the other horizontal, a Seatextending across the horizontal side and IOO having its Opening facingthe vertical side, the said bowl extending above the seat upon its rearside and forming a forwardly-projecting hood, and a @over hinged toswing laterally and provided with a segmental projection adapted toclose the mouth of the bowl. In testimony whereof I have signed thisspeciiioation in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT RICHARD HALL.

Vitnesses:

JAMES CARPENTER, A. E. CASSIDY.

